By Dr. Scott Hollier
The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA), a Federal government department that oversees the national Digital Service Standard (DSS), issued a tweet recently confirming it will be moving…
Read full story: Australian Digital Transformation Agency commits to WCAG 2.1 AA update
By Dr. Scott Hollier
The Amazon Echo Show, a digital smartspeaker that includes a touchscreen, has received a new feature to make it easier for people that have a speech…
Read full story: Amazon updates Echo Show to support speech and hearing impaired users
By Dr. Scott Hollier
Last week it was a great privilege to provide a webinar to staff from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), supporting their upskilling processes around the new…
Read full story: ATO staff upskill in preparation for WCAG 2.1
By Dr. Scott Hollier
As a child of the 1980s, I find the evolution of video games a fascinating topic. With early creations such as Pong recently celebrating its 45th…
Read full story: Accessible gaming: the calls for improvement grow louder every Fortnite
By Dr. Scott Hollier
It’s a common story – you are a passionate accessibility advocate, trying to do your bit in an organisation that doesn’t seem to care. Or…
Read full story: Escaping the web accessibility island
The Centre for Accessibility was launched at the DADAA Fremantle Hub yesterday by the Honourable Stephen Dawson, Minister for Disability Services and Environment. The audience was treated to screen reader…
Read full story: Centre for Accessibility Launch
Access is not only something for presenters to address. As successful works are created and mounted by diverse artists, it’s also become an integral part of creative practice. In many examples, stories told with access at the forefront creates work that all people can enjoy, and is not aimed specifically at able-bodied audiences.
Read full story: The future of aesthetic use of access in art
Microsoft has announced its upcoming release of a game controller designed specifically for people with disabilities. The Adaptive Controller for Xbox can be connected to external buttons, switches, joysticks and mounts, giving players with a wide range of physical disabilities the ability to customise their setups.
Read full story: Microsoft launches adaptive game controller
People with disability face significant barriers in their day-to-day lives and use of the web which many of us simply take for granted. Holly McKee write about why we should all be considering accessibility in our designs.
Read full story: Why you can’t call yourself a UX Designer if you’re ignoring accessibility.
Meet Andre Louis, a musician, tech-lover and self-proclaimed geek. Andre was the first visually impaired person in the world to own the revolutionary Komplete Kontrol software created by Native Instruments. He’s been making music for the last year and is fascinated by new and emerging technology.
Read full story: Insights into accessibility – A conversation with musician Andre Louis
The Centre for Accessibility is a joint project by Media on Mars, DADAA and Dr Scott Hollier and is funded by the Department of Communities, Disability Services.
